Nancy Wolfson and Anna Vocino : Voice Over Demo Don'ts
Links from today's show:
Braintracks Audio
Break Into Voiceover
Your Instructor this week:
Voice Over Experts Nancy Wolfson and Anna Vocino
Nancy Wolfson
Based in Los Angeles, CA Nancy Wolfson is a private voice over consultant and freelance casting director for commercials, animation, narration, and audio books. She writes, produces, and directs demos for her clients and has been the leading coach in the top market(s) over a decade. Her coursework has been accredited at the university level in private and group classes throughout North America and Europe. For over 15 years, she has worked with beginners, working pros, and celebrities as a producer and talent agent.
Anna Vocino
Anna Vocino is an on-camera and voice over actress based in Los Angeles. You can see her work as a series regular on Vh1’s improvised comedy series “Free Radio.” Anna’s voice over work can be heard in “Dawn of War 2,” “Splinter Cell: Double Agent,” “MTV’s Celebrity Death Match,” “The Young and The Restless,” recent campaigns for Canada Dry, Ford, AT&T, Southern Linc Wireless, and hundreds of narrations for Toyota, Capital One, Saks Fifth Avenue, Adobe, GotVMail, Disney DVDs, and numerous others. Check out Anna’s website at www.annavocino.com.
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This podcast is a mini excerpt from Nancy and Anna's best selling mp3, "YOUR VOICE OVER BUSINESS."
Student Testimonials
The full Your Voiceover Business teleseminar is a gem and a must-have for anyone approaching VO at this moment in history.
Just the hard fact up front that you should be prepared to invest $3,000 to $5,000 is sobering and puts it all into the right context.
Your timeline/flowchart is priceless and keeps a student on course.
Being told that "getting an agent" is not the be-all, end-all goal is enlightening.
And the whole concept of branding and how you casting people think was a real "a ha" for me as an actor.
Your Meryl Streep example is one I always quote -- she can DO or ACT anything, but you wouldn't just automatically CHOOSE her as "Little Miss Annoying" in the animated series you just cast; instead you'd cast the person who IS Little Miss Annoying in her sleep and not the person who CAN do it.
--J.G.
When you talk about how you need to create a business plan and how you need to invest in your business to be able to reap the benefits of your business...that whole thing was really eye opening...
--A. K.
The first teleseminar I listened in on was the first time I realized how important branding and overall image are to a business such as voice over. You both critiqued my demo as well as a few others, and it really opened my eyes!
That was the teleseminar that made me want to study with you, Nancy. I just had to learn more after that!
--K. E.
I recommend every student buy the teleseminar before their private lesson!
--M. W.
Comments
I really enjoyed the information in this session and found it useful. I'm starting to get serious about voice over work and am new to this site. My background is as a large market radio jock, but voice work seem to be a whole other beast. I've had credits in video games and syndicated shows, and looking to expand. Thanks to both of you for the advice.
Posted by: Hunter | May 29, 2008 5:27 PM